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Trampoline

Post author By Dan
Post date May 27, 2015

Pretty impressive slapstick trampoline routine.

(via Tastefully Offensive)

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You should watch Fury Road

Post author By Dan
Post date May 23, 2015

Right now. Seriously. It is outstanding. An all-time great action film. The character design and world design are stunning and you’ll find no grim, grey drear here, this apocalypse is a riot of colour and spectacle.

If you’re wondering what else you should do this weekend (once you’ve had your fill of Warboys), pick up Ms Marvel. The first trade paperback is a couple of years old now so you can get it at a bit of a steal and it’s really great. Kamala Khan might be my new favourite superhero.

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Interpretatio germanica

Post author By Dan
Post date May 20, 2015

I’m surprised I’ve never thought about this before:

@MooseAllain I had a massive slapdown once from a neopagan online when I said English(Norse)-French(Roman) day names didn't seem to match up

— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015

@MooseAllain Jeudi = Jupiter, Thursday = Thor. Mercredi=Mercury, Wednesday = Woden. I wondered why Jupiter & Woden not matched up together

— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015

@MooseAllain …I then had a multi-tweet lesson in how gods in different pantheons could be associated by attributes not position…

— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015

@MooseAllain (e.g. Mercury & Woden both diviners , Jupiter & Thor both Thunder)

— Peter McGladdery (@petermcgladdery) May 20, 2015

More on Odin/Mercury from Wikipedia:

Scholars have noted, most recently Anthony Birley, that Odin’s apparent identification with Mercury has little to do with Mercury’s classical role of being messenger of the gods, but appears to be due to Mercury’s role of psychopomp. Other contemporary evidence may also have led to the equation of Odin with Mercury; Odin, like Mercury, may have at this time already been pictured with a staff and hat, may have been considered a trader god, and the two may have been seen as parallel in their roles as wandering deities.

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